Letters relating to the Merrymount Press, 1913-1955.

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Letters relating to the Merrymount Press, 1913-1955.

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The correspondence of the Press consists mainly of letters from D.B. (Daniel Berkeley) Updike, including a number to the San Francisco printer Henry H. Taylor. Harding's correspondence concerns his collection of Merrymount Press printing. Also includes some letters to George Laban Harding.

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Merrymount Press

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The Merrymount Press was established in Boston in 1893 by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The Merrymount Press was known for its excellence in typography and design, especially in the field of decorative printing and bookmaking. From the description of Records of the Merrymount Press, 1893-1948. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510241 The Merrymount Press in Boston was the printing-office of D.B. (Daniel Berkeley) Updi...

Harding, George L. (George Laban), 1893-1976

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Harding was a collector of printing history whose personal collection of books, periodicals, ephemera, and archival and manuscript material forms the core of the Edward C. Kemble Collections on Western Printing and Publishing at the Calif. Historical Society. He served as Secretary and Treasurer of Pacific Telephone, 1946-1958. From the description of George L. Harding correspondence, 1928-1976. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122550159 ...

Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941

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Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941) was a book designer and printer in New England. He was born an only child in an old and well-connected New England family, but his father's death in 1877 prevented Updike from pursuing higher education. Updike's Episcopalian background greatly influenced both his character and his later work as a printer, and his intellectual and cultural character was molded by his mother, an antiquary and scholar of French and English literature. Updike's first book-related j...

Taylor, Henry Huntly

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